My everlasting memory of the professionalism, respect and dignity with which members of HM Forces are treated is from when I wrote a slightly snotty memo to the (new) Sqn boss asking if I could expect a GW1 gong at anytime, as it was now some 12 months or more since the event. The Sqn clerk wrote back to me asking if "I was sure" I had in fact deployed on Op Granby! The said gong was eventually handed to me by the most junior of junior ranks in the Orderly Room while I was collecting my mail one day. It was a very moving occasion...